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46-year-old Armen Sarkisyan wanted in Ukraine was assassinated in an elite Moscow residential complex.

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Russian battalion chief wanted for Euromaidan killings since 2014 assassinated in Moscow

Armen Sarkisyan was on Interpol's wanted list since 2014 for organizing violence against Euromaidan protesters in Kyiv. He also led the Russian Arbat battalion, recruited mostly from prisons in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

byVira Kravchuk

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Breaking: Moscow assassination eliminates Russian chemical warfare chief wanted by Ukraine

Head of Russia's chemical warfare forces Lt-Gen Kirillov has been killed by a remotely detonated explosive outside his Moscow apartment building this morning.

byYuri Zoria

developer russia's kh-69 cruise missiles shot dead near moscow russian missile designer engineer mars design bureau mikhail shatsky (top) mockup (bottom) photos liga militarnyi dead-russia-weapon-maker ukrainian intelligence reportedly eliminated deputy

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Russia’s Kh-69 cruise missile developer shot dead near Moscow

Ukrainian intelligence reportedly eliminated a deputy chief designer who worked on upgrading cruise missiles and implementing AI, per media reports.

byYuri Zoria

US Intel: Putin likely personally ordered poisoning of Ukraine's pro-western president in 2004

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US intel: Putin likely ordered poisoning of Ukraine’s pro-Western president in 2004

A newly declassified report concludes Vladimir Putin probably authorized Russian agents to poison Viktor Yushchenko with highly toxic dioxin.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

russian black sea fleet missile ships commander killed sevastopol car bombing says fleet's capt 1st rank valery trankovsky (l) wreckage his blown up occupied 13 november 2024

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Russian Black Sea Fleet missile ships commander killed in Sevastopol car bombing, source says

The commander reportedly died after an IED detonated under his vehicle on Taras Shevchenko Street.

byYuri Zoria

russian pilot linked kremenchuk dnipro attacks found dead bryansk oblast hur says bomber dmytry golenkov reportedly killed hammer 21 october 2024

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Russian bomber pilot linked to missile strikes on civilians killed with hammer in Russia

Dmitry Golenkov served as chief of staff of an aviation squadron, and was found dead with head injuries likely "caused by hammer," per HUR.

byYuri Zoria

Russian colonel linked to military intelligence shot dead near Moscow - Ukraine silent

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Russian colonel linked to military intelligence shot dead near Moscow – Ukraine silent

A high-ranking GRU official, the deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center, was shot at close range in Solnechnogorsk-2, according to Russian media.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

russia's security chief occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear plant dies car blast enerhodar moments before hur video

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Russia’s security chief at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant dies in car blast

Ukrainian intelligence shared video of a car explosion in Russian-occupied Enerhodar, reportedly killing collaborator Andrii Korotkyi, head of "physical security" at Zaporizhzhia NPP.

byYuri Zoria

top Russian drone chief Aleksey Kolomoytsev killed in Russia.

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Resistance movement kills top Russian drone chief in Moscow Oblast

Ukrainian intelligence reportedly coordinated with local resistance to eliminate Colonel Kolomoytsev, head of Russia's drone program, signaling an intensification of covert operations within Russian territory.

byVira Kravchuk

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Man convicted for murder of Kremlin’s critic Nemtsov swaps prison for Ukrainian frontline

Russian authorities released Temirlan Eskerhanov, one of the men sentenced to 14 years in prison for the 2015 assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, and sent him to fight in Ukraine.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian opposition figure survives Shahed drone attack on Kyiv home

Exiled former Russian State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomaryov, now an opposition figure, was injured in a drone strike on his home near Kyiv. He survived what he claims is the fifth attempt on his life.

byYuri Zoria

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US and Germany reportedly foiled Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall CEO – CNN citing anonymous sources

The assassination plot is linked to the broader Russian strategy to target defense industry executives across Europe who are supporting Ukraine’s war effort.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Exiled Kazakh journalist dies after shooting in Kyiv, exposing global reach of authoritarian regimes

Aidos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition figure who fled to Ukraine in 2014, died on July 2 after being shot in Kyiv. His murder not only strains Ukraine-Kazakhstan relations but also highlights the increasing vulnerability of political dissidents abroad, even in countries seen as safe havens.

byAlya Shandra

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Slovak PM Fico claims his anti-Ukrainian stance sparked his assassination attempt

Slovak PM Fico, in his first speech since the assassination attempt, speculates that he was targeted for his anti-Ukraine position contradicting European mainstream.

byYuri Zoria

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Pro-Russian Slovak PM Fico shot, hospitalized after government meeting attack

Slovakia's pro-Russian PM Robert Fico was shot and hospitalized with an injury after an attack after a government meeting in central Slovakia, when approaching his supporters, local media reports.

byYuri Zoria